9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdm57Q2ycO9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtRIPfbjet It was a nebulous night in an alley, as she stood not far from the vampiress after finding her after she’d grazed the vampire’s heart that day, thinking she was the enemy.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJeT99ossK “Who are you?” Katherine asked her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEXYJ4OLD0 “My name is Nadia Petrova and you are my mother,” she said.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPtsxjHICV Katherine looked at her silently, shocked that somehow, fate had intervened and brought her daughter back to her.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY4pTMdJBP

9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAyox5ASoF9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGXnLyoS9K It was a dismal night, as Katherine sat in the driver’s seat, injured after the car crashing into a street light pole. She’d been trying to get away from Mystic Falls so that Silas couldn’t get to her, but had managed to crash a car that she’d stolen from a road.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5yWXtkMEu9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ974IwCN6vc9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLSJ9Eixwr Meanwhile, Elijah Mikaelson had just arrived back in town to check up on his Katerina. He’d ignored several of her calls this summer and recently, not wanting to speak to her or see her. She hadn’t left any messages, but now that she hadn’t been answering her phone when he called back, he was worried and had the feeling that something had or was about to happen. If something ever happened to her after he’d left her to fend for herself, he’d never forgive himself. She was his world and he loved her for who she was, no matter what. If she died while he was in New Orleans, he didn’t know what pieces of him would still be intact, if any would be left. It would shatter him into a million pieces if she were dead. Despite everything she’d done, he loved her. He loved both the good and bad parts of her, just as she did with him.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuxQqvkKiZ9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr6k9CWXIr9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vd2emGxTc Half an hour later, once on a desolate street, he saw a wrecked car that had crashed into a street light pole. He saw that there was still someone inside, but not moving. Due to smelling the mixed scents of human, blood, and Katerina, he knew who it was.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbHw282mTkNo, he thought to himself.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8MssW4pTN He vamp-sped to the driver’s side and forced the crinkled, dented, and jammed door open. He assessed her condition with his eyes and saw that there was blood on either side of her head, some scrapes and scratches, and her lower stomach was bleeding from a shard of glass protruding from it. He pulled the shard of glass out and tossed it on the floorboard, before gently resting his hands on either side of her head.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2i45xrL4l “Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, not knowing how she was human or if she could digest vampire blood.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4wFAzNCWG Hearing a familiar voice through the darkness that surrounded her, she fought against the darkness and when she woke up a few minutes later, she was met with Elijah’s worried face.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiPJKhFPHy “Elijah?” she questioned weakly, very weak from blood loss.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyBVDGs5sx “I came back to check on you, since you weren’t answering my calls back. I’m glad I did. Can you digest vampire blood?” he replied.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqBX6cwTPs “I don’t know. Elena shoved the cure down my throat shortly after you left me, since I was upset and took it out on her and tried to kill her.”9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMKpvvHako He wasn’t happy that she’d tried to kill Elena nor was he happy that Elena had shoved the cure down her throat, but he didn’t show it.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXXkSB1lGu As he gently slid an arm under her legs and his other under her, she began to go under.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7Vu41GBVv “You’re going to be okay, Katerina. Just stay with me. I’ll protect you, but you have to fight for me,” was the last thing she heard, before she plummeted back into the darkness.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4whPWNkDXF Elijah gently pulled her out of the wreckage and picked her gently up in his arms, before blurring towards the Mystic Falls hospital.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HCZ2uA3Qh9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIotdtvT4r9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9YHYUujxs After pacing in the waiting room for a few hours, a doctor finally came in to tell him that the surgery went great and she was in a recovery room, but she had a concussion, so it could be a day or so before she woke up. He thanked her and went to her room to stay with her. He knew Katerina. She was a fighter. It wouldn’t take too long for her to wake up. He figured anyway. He could only hope that the odds were in their favor.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz9Azb5afV9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOEQhRjNLo9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaxdRv7mOF The next afternoon, when she woke up, he gave a smile, knowing that she’d be okay. He could only hope, anyway. The cure had been shoved down her throat. Since it had never been taken before, they didn’t know if there were any side effects to it.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMfYnO9tYp She smiled back.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqd3gvUzjF “You saved my life. Thank you.”9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyQvMI0T4P “I will always save you, Katerina, no matter what,” he replied.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTCORZC1sB A moment later, they kissed.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡllTpLNbZwN

9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4g10jyufW9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1swXcI7er It was a beautiful day at the Mikaelson mansion, as she lay in bed. She’d had a heart attack last night and now she was on bed rest until the very end, Nadia at her side. Nadia wanted her to live instead of letting herself die, but she had just found her weeks ago. She didn’t want to do that to her. She didn’t want to lose her, so she was choosing death.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrdgdqChLe After hours had passed, Elijah came to her bedside with a way to save her. He had a witch in New Orleans doing a spell that would reverse the dying of old age at a rapid pace side effect of the cure.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjjJlj3UOj So, after the spell had been finished, she was a healthy human again.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQpRfbEraa

9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMU4jrMq419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyq9UUzUR3p It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson mansion, as Katherine went downstairs for a drink, Nadia in the parlor.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nYrwjqZ8i Once she’d cleared the stairs, she stopped, a hand on the left side of her chest, pain having travelled up her arm and all the way to her chest. It was like she couldn’t breathe. Then everything went black and she collapsed.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9644aovXPz When Nadia heard a noise, she went to investigate and found her on the floor.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZn08iVHcNL When she knelt by her, she realized that she’d had a heart attack. So, after getting her to the hospital, she told Elijah on the phone, who then said he’d be there as soon as he could.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmiodyzRZK

9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1c88ZUkY59Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO18vWoQxC8 It was a nebulous night, as Katherine closed her eyes, ready to end her suffering of dying of old age, not wanting to go through all of that. She’d been told by an expert on vampires that she can’t be fixed. She was aging and it couldn’t be helped. She then stepped off.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSfZGCF2nk As she fell to the ground below, she hoped Nadia and Elijah would forgive her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTl02u0WOY When she felt like someone had caught her, she opened her eyes to see Elijah.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C0a8XzYub He set her on her feet.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L4nKKZqMm “What are you doing, Katerina?” he asked of her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBg6BiACfp She knew he met to be asking why she would be committing suicide, when he was here for her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh2Asay182 “Because I’m dying of old age and it can’t be stopped. I went to an expert. I don’t want the pain of dying of old age,” she explained.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgNhDx2CYP “I promise you, Katerina, we will find a way. We always do,” he replied.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJqgP2yqEO “Then save me,” she said.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe5RPy1nza “You know I will,” he replied.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡepxxNL6nC5

9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgLD5MAneO9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQmjaxGDsL After Nadia died of Tyler’s bite at the Mikaelson mansion because she didn’t want Katherine to have to sacrifice anything for Klaus to cure her, all Katherine could do now was to sit by the bed on the floor and cry. Elijah was there, but all he could do was hug her in comfort. There were no words to say.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZQ2wENC1q